Every school morning, I send my son to the bus stop on the corner across the street. I stay in the garage since his younger sister is never dressed by the time his bus comes. I originally was carting her across the street to wait for her brother's bus, but she had strep and I thought I might, so in order to not infect the other children and parents, I decided to wait in the garage. Now I do that all the time, as it has removed the stress of all three of us getting ready in time to catch the bus. I also didn't feel right about leaving the premises if my daughter was still asleep or inside playing. My neighbor across the street does the same, she sends her son across the street, while she supervises him crossing the street (which I do too).
I have a neighbor who lives a few houses down. Unlike most stay-at-home moms, she seems to have a great disdain for working mothers. When I used to wait at the bus stop in the morning with my son, she would make comments about her parenting skills since she was a stay-at-home mom. I recall one time she made a big deal about 'as a good parent, she could never leave her children in the care of others'. She loves to talk about her stuff, and sometimes others.
Anyway, this past week, for some reason she just felt the need to begin talking about what I think is an upcoming party. Since I am across the street, she has to talk extremely loud - which she does - for me and my neighbor to hear. She began by saying something about her list, and how the other two mothers who were at the bus stop were on it. I was walking back into my garage to put something away, when she yelled, "but not that one over there on the corner". I stopped, turned around, came back out of the garage and just looked at her with an expression of 'what is wrong with you?' My other neighbor's house is not on corner, so that left me as the obvious person she had been speaking about. At that same moment it dawned on me that the other comments she had practically yelled in the past were about me and my kids. Now mind you this happens before the kids are picked up. So the kids can hear everything, including my son. Lucky for me he is oblivious to her as are all the other kids, except maybe her children.
Later that morning I drove my daughter to her day care center on the way to work. As I was pulling in, I just started to laugh. I was giggling thinking about the pre-high school behavior this neighbor exhibited. Even high school students and some middle school students are past the need for such behavior. I mentioned what happened to my other half, and he pointed out to me that there was an article the other day in the paper about competition between stay-at-home moms and working mothers. Now I am not one who competes against others, I don't need others to 'lose' so I can feel I have won. I have my own goals and I compete against my own internal standards. I prefer heart felt Thank You's to any material token of achievement.
My other half commented that such juvenile behavior was mentioned in the article, as something that tends to happen to some stay-at-home moms who are actually jealous of their working counterparts. I believe that happens to a very small minority. I don't know, if she is jealous per se, since she has no idea of the accolades and respect I have earned from my coworkers, customers and competitors. If she did know, then I could see the jealousy angle. But I really think deep down inside she is very unhappy about her life and for some reason can only feel good about herself by tearing others down. I guess for her, she only feels she wins if she puts someone else down. I hope for her children's sake she recognizes this as a destructive behavior and corrects it.
Competition is not healthy when it requires that you tear someone else
down just to feel good about yourself.
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Lead Poisoning and Unrestricted Warfare
It is no accident that lead and other hazardous items are showing up in toys made in China bound for American children. It is laughable to believe that China has now banned lead in toys IMPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES. Apart from having that so called 'rule' in effect before their current act was discovered, what strikes me is that they have not ruled out exporting lead toys to other countries. I wonder about Japan, Germany, Brittian, Ireland, are they also recipients of these toys? Do you see a pattern? These are all critical trading partners who make or design critical components.
In the book Unrestricted Warfare, a paper created by two high level Chinese Colonels, unconventional warfare is advocated. One of the striking quotes from the book is that "This is to say that there is nothing in the world today that cannot become a weapon, and this requires that our understanding of weapons must have an awareness that breaks through all boundaries" [p16]. "What must be made clear is that the new concept of weapons is in the process of creating weapons that are closely linked to the lives of the common people".
Now let's look at what lead is known to do in children:
When ingested or breathed in:
1. Reduced IQ.
2. Attention deficit disorders.
3. Behavioral problems.
4. Kidney damage.
5. Stunted growth.
6. Impaired hearing.
At high levels lead poisoning can:
1. Cause mental retardation.
2. Cause the victim to fall into a coma.
3. Death.
In the long term lead poisoning is linked to Juvenille Delinquency.
Now for another link in this chain. Many factories in China employ or are run by the Chinese Military (aka PLA, Peoples Liberation Army).
I for one do not believe for one second that the use of lead paint was simply a mistake or oversight on the part of the Chinese factories. I believe this was an attempt by the PLA to poison our children. One of the passages in the book Unrestricted Warfare, is that it is more effective to cause casualties than it is to kill your enemy. The reason is simple, having to take care of casualties/wounded weakens the enemy. Not only is lead poisoning one way to ensure your enemies are unable to fight, it is also an excellent way to ensure they cannot fight you for their lifetime due to sickness or mental incapacity.
China's leadership believes War with the US is inevitable. China has been implementing their master plan to defeat the US via unrestricted warfare. I believe this war has been going on since the late 1990s if not earlier. In addition to the recently published Network Warfare attacks and successful penetration of DoD networks by Chinese military, there is the policy of China to conduct financial warfare against us. By using prison labor and military workers, China has eliminated alternate source of many items we buy by making it economically unfeasible to make products anywhere but China. If you take a look at Unrestricted Warfare's list of alternative methods of combat, you will see we are battling China already on most of these.
Technological Warfare: HD-DVD standard - 2 weeks ago. Purchase of IBM's hardware business - Lenovo, 2 years ago. Red Flag? Linux (chinese version of linux).
Resource Warfare: Buying rights to oil fields, and buying as much crude oil as possible (e.g. Venezuela, Argentina). Buying shipping ports in the US (Long Beach , New York).
Smuggling Warfare: China has been doing this for years. Currently Chinese factories have created at least 5 or more knockoffs of the iPhone.
International Law Warfare: UN Security Council, G8, and I believe the IMF.
These are just some of the methods China is using to wage war against the US. Add disabling and sickening American children to the list.
In the book Unrestricted Warfare, a paper created by two high level Chinese Colonels, unconventional warfare is advocated. One of the striking quotes from the book is that "This is to say that there is nothing in the world today that cannot become a weapon, and this requires that our understanding of weapons must have an awareness that breaks through all boundaries" [p16]. "What must be made clear is that the new concept of weapons is in the process of creating weapons that are closely linked to the lives of the common people".
Now let's look at what lead is known to do in children:
When ingested or breathed in:
1. Reduced IQ.
2. Attention deficit disorders.
3. Behavioral problems.
4. Kidney damage.
5. Stunted growth.
6. Impaired hearing.
At high levels lead poisoning can:
1. Cause mental retardation.
2. Cause the victim to fall into a coma.
3. Death.
In the long term lead poisoning is linked to Juvenille Delinquency.
Now for another link in this chain. Many factories in China employ or are run by the Chinese Military (aka PLA, Peoples Liberation Army).
I for one do not believe for one second that the use of lead paint was simply a mistake or oversight on the part of the Chinese factories. I believe this was an attempt by the PLA to poison our children. One of the passages in the book Unrestricted Warfare, is that it is more effective to cause casualties than it is to kill your enemy. The reason is simple, having to take care of casualties/wounded weakens the enemy. Not only is lead poisoning one way to ensure your enemies are unable to fight, it is also an excellent way to ensure they cannot fight you for their lifetime due to sickness or mental incapacity.
China's leadership believes War with the US is inevitable. China has been implementing their master plan to defeat the US via unrestricted warfare. I believe this war has been going on since the late 1990s if not earlier. In addition to the recently published Network Warfare attacks and successful penetration of DoD networks by Chinese military, there is the policy of China to conduct financial warfare against us. By using prison labor and military workers, China has eliminated alternate source of many items we buy by making it economically unfeasible to make products anywhere but China. If you take a look at Unrestricted Warfare's list of alternative methods of combat, you will see we are battling China already on most of these.
Technological Warfare: HD-DVD standard - 2 weeks ago. Purchase of IBM's hardware business - Lenovo, 2 years ago. Red Flag? Linux (chinese version of linux).
Resource Warfare: Buying rights to oil fields, and buying as much crude oil as possible (e.g. Venezuela, Argentina). Buying shipping ports in the US (Long Beach , New York).
Smuggling Warfare: China has been doing this for years. Currently Chinese factories have created at least 5 or more knockoffs of the iPhone.
International Law Warfare: UN Security Council, G8, and I believe the IMF.
These are just some of the methods China is using to wage war against the US. Add disabling and sickening American children to the list.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Sore Throat Remedies
Earthclinic's site for natural cures
I read the link above and compared it to my mom's recipe...
I adapted my mom's recipe based on the recommendations Earthclinic's site and came up with this recipe.
The pepper kills some of the sting of the soreness. Granted I haven't had as severe a sore throat as others described on the earth clinic site, but this works for me. I think the honey, lemon juice and cinnamon help to make the brew more palatable.
I read the link above and compared it to my mom's recipe...
Take a couple of Garlic cloves, honey (to taste), a little bit of lemon juice, water and a couple of cinnamon stick and bring them to a simmer. Then let it simmer for at least 10 minutes so the cinnamon sticks release their cinnamon. Cool slightly and serve in a mug. Then sip it down.
I adapted my mom's recipe based on the recommendations Earthclinic's site and came up with this recipe.
Cinnamon-garlic-honey tea - mostly by my mama Terri (except **)
* 2 ounces apple cider vinegar
* 2 cups water
* 2 sticks cinnamon
* 2 TBS lemon or lime juice
* 2 Cloves of garlic peeled
* 2 ounces+ of honey (+to taste)
* 2 shakes (~1/4 tsp) ground chile powder - chipotle or cayenne **
Boil all together, then let simmer for 10 minutes. Cool slightly and serve. Sip while still warm. You can make a batch and simple reheat it during the day. Save in glass canning jar and refrigerate if necessary then reheat on the stove.
The pepper kills some of the sting of the soreness. Granted I haven't had as severe a sore throat as others described on the earth clinic site, but this works for me. I think the honey, lemon juice and cinnamon help to make the brew more palatable.
